each state‚ who are then tasked with choosing a presidential candidate typically based off of a majority vote. Most states‚ excluding Maine and Nebraska‚ operate on a winner take all basis‚ meaning that whoever wins the majority votes in the states‚ wins all of the electoral votes for that state. However‚ if there fails to be an absolute majority in electoral votes‚ the House of Representatives elects the president with only one vote for state. The number of electors in the College per state is determined
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explain the path both Donald Trump and Hillary would need need to take to becomes America’s next president. The electoral college is a process not a place. It was established by our founding fathers. The college is a body of people representing the states in the United States‚ who formally cast votes for the election. The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who cast votes to decide the President and Vice-President of the United States. When voters go to the polls‚ they will be choosing which candidate
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Nanci Stanley 350 words. University of California. Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to over this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement? I woke up in the hospital‚ the room was stuffy and the air had a undertone of bleach. Beautiful framed pieces of art hang the wall. There were vases of flowers in the room. I look around‚ every surface was dustless. The nurses were unhurried‚ they moved with a serene
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which is based off the idea of an electoral college. “The only comparable election process has to do with the way the pope is elected. The church wanted more input and wanted less input from the people and the state. So in 1059‚ the church changed the way the process goes. The new process has the Cardinals cast a vote. They have exclusive authority with the papal selection. These electors are called The College of Cardinals”. (College of Cardinals) An electoral college is not an actual campus. In fact
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As one of the most controversial elections in history‚ the 2016 presidential elections between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump marked another year where the popular vote did not coincide with the electoral vote. The fact that Trump won the election even after losing the popular vote by over one million votes‚ brought an already ongoing debate to the forefront: To keep the electoral college or not? Some critics believe that it creates an emphasis on largely populated states and others argue that
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Virginia messed up the result). Most electors are nobodies because the Constitution prohibits them from being senators or representatives. Many people feel their vote is meaningless because they live in a politically homogenous state. Although there are some big disadvantages to having the electoral college‚ there are also big advantages to keeping the electoral college. The first is that it gives protection to small states. Without the electoral college‚ the small states like Idaho wouldn’t matter.
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The Electoral College is what gives states around America a say in the General Election‚ and is how the people have their say in every national election. The Electoral College is how every National Election in the United States is based off of. Each state gets a certain number of Electoral Votes that is determined by the number of Representatives the state has and their two Senate members.. Whoever wins a certain state in the election‚ will receive the number of Electoral Votes that the state has
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Electoral Process: Does Majority Actually Rule? Imagine an election won by the loser; an election where the person that received less votes than their opponent won. Barbara Boxer said: Voting is the cornerstone of democracy. We have had men and women through the decades die for the right to vote. Many generations of Americans of every gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and ideology have marched and struggled and died to secure this fundamental freedom. Yet we have a system where the winner can lose (qtd. in
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President of the United States? Every four years in November over 90 million Americans vote for the presidential candidates‚ then in the middle of December the president and vice president of the United States are actually elected by the votes of only 538 citizens. Wouldn’t you think there was an obvious flaw in the system? I would be willing to bet that the majority of you would‚ but in the case of the Electoral College apparently the majority doesn’t count. The Electoral College was established
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Brontë Keznor Professor Frances Coley English 122 25 July 2015 Take it all back In this glorious country‚ known as the United States of America‚ there is an abundance of nature all around us at all times. The United States of America is made up of a vast amount of landscape and vegetation‚ not to mention all of our rivers and lakes‚ and how can we for forget the wildlife that has an existence on this continent. With the many natural resources that cover this colossal country‚ the question that
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